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CData Metadata API

Catalog/metadata exploration

CData Metadata API is one of 11 APIs that CData publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://cloud.cdata.com/api.

4 operations 4 paths 0 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://cloud.cdata.com/api
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

CData Metadata API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — Basic auth using CData Connect Cloud username and PAT/password
  • bearerAuth — JWT bearer for CData Connect AI Embed

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metadata 4

Catalog/metadata exploration

GET
/catalogs
List configured data sources (catalogs)
listCatalogs → 200
GET
/catalogs/{catalog}/schemas
List schemas in a catalog
listSchemas 1 param → 200
GET
/catalogs/{catalog}/schemas/{schema}/tables
List tables in a schema
listTables 2 params → 200
GET
/catalogs/{catalog}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{table}/columns
List columns in a table
listColumns 3 params → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cdata-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs CData publishes across the network.

CData SQL API
CData Metadata API
CData Log API
CData Connection API
CData Job API
CData Account API
CData Audit API
CData OData API
CData Procedures API
CData Query API